One Dragon Egg Holds the Key to the Future.
Once a slave, Kale is given the unexpected opportunity to become a servant to Paladin. Yet this young girl has much to learn about the difference between slavery and service.
A Desperate Search Begins…
A small band of Paladin’s servants rescue Kale from danger but turn her from her destination: The Hall, where she was to be trained. Feeling afraid and … Feeling afraid and unprepared, Kale embarks on a perilous quest to find the meech dragon egg stolen by the foul Wizard Risto. First, she and her comrades must find Wizard Fenworth. But their journey is threatened when a key member of the party is captured, leaving the remaining companions to find Fenworth, attempt an impossible rescue, and recover the egg whose true value they have not begun to suspect…
Weaving together memorable characters, daring adventure, and a core of eternal truth, “Dragonspell” is a finely crafted and welcome addition to the corpus of fantasy fiction.
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I absolutely love this series. Extremely well written. I couldn’t put it down. One of my favorites.
I absolutely LOVED this novel! What a phenomenal read!
I actually read this book a few years ago, and decided to reread it, and boy, was that a good decision.
The awe and wonder of stepping into the brilliant creation of Donita Paul was not lessened at all!
I fell in love with the main character Kale. At first, she seems a bit plain and not that spectacular, but once you discover her true character, she became so relatable for me!
I loved many of the secondary characters too~ they were all so richly developed and charming in their own way.
I enjoyed the author’s writing style. I get that it may not be for everyone, but I thought she described everything well, and the world she has created is brilliant, fascinating and charming.
I find it annoying how people are reading this and saying it was too ‘Christian’. It’s listed under Christian fiction, it’s written by a Christian Fantasy author, and it won the Christy award. Of course its core themes have elements of Christianity woven into it. I think that the allegories that the author presented were well-written and thought-provoking.
My favourite part of this novel were all the adventures that Kale and the others went on. It wasn’t just one big climax then the end, but a series of delightful and fun adventures that I really enjoyed reading about.
Overall, it is one of the best fantasy books I have read in a long time. I would recommend it if you are looking for an adventurous, clean and fun read.
Great, clean Christian fantasy. While not all that original, the author does an excellent job of making the characters believable and relatable. An enjoyable read. I highly recommend.
Donita K. Paul is a master of world building in my opinion. I hope to learn from her as I read this series for the third time. This is quite a feat as I normally read a book once, and I will not be interested in it again – probably ever, even if I liked it. Donita has a way with creating her world and characters in a way that you can relate to them while enjoying a world unique to the one we currently live in . I took away from this book that we are more influential than we can imagine in a world equally bigger than we thought. What you thought – it probably wasn’t.
Another vivid world come alive! A whole new set of vocabulary that the reader picks up in no time – new races, cultures, and customs. One (Tumanhoffers) has names several syllables long! I like the inspirational messages from the wise characters and humor from the young.
Kale is not just young, she’s only known one kind of life. After spending her short lifetime with a race that shows little or no affection, she finds her abrupt transition from village slave to a member of a quest ameliorated by the friends she makes along the way.
I’m a tad puzzled at the “minor” dragons, wondering if they remain the same size as indicated in this book. But, I’ve already got the next title, so I hope to find out soon!